transfix

Other forms of transfix

past tense or participle

transfixt

present participle

transfixing·

third person

transfixes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transfix

What does transfix mean?

transfix means "to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transfix?

transfix has 2 syllables: trans-fix. The stress falls on "fix". In IPA it is /tɹænˈsfɪks/.

What is another word for transfix?

Close synonyms include fascinate, grip, spellbind, impale, empale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transfix a common word?

transfix is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.